By Kathryn Phillips, on May 7th, 2012 Three young film makers have given proof to the notion that behind every cloud there is a silver lining.
In this case, the cloud is the decision by Governor Jerry Brown and the legislature to cut the Department of Parks and Recreation’s budget and prompt impending closure of 70 state parks.
The silver lining is how the film makers–Lauren Valentino, Jarratt Moody and Cory Brown–responded. So outraged were they by the closure plan that they set out in a converted . . . → Read More
By Jim Metropulos, on April 26th, 2012
By Sierra Club CA, on April 24th, 2012 We are pleased to announce that on May 1st, 2012, the Crest Theater in downtown Sacramento is hosting a free screening of The First 70. The screening will be followed by a Question and Answer session with filmmakers Lauren Valentino, Jarrett Moody, and Cory Brown of Heath Hen Films.
The First 70 is a short (approximately 28 minutes) independent film that chronicles the filmmakers’ journey through California as they document the closure of 70 state parks. The documentary has . . . → Read More
By Sierra Club CA, on April 23rd, 2012
By Sierra Club CA, on April 16th, 2012
By Jim Metropulos, on April 12th, 2012 New net metering approach would increase local solar energy savings, jobs
Contact: Jim Metropulos, (916) 5571100 x109, jim.metropulos@sierraclub.org
SAN FRANCISCO – California solar energy advocates today praised a
proposed decision by the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
that, if approved, will likely boost renewable energy use by
homeowners, businesses, and commercial uses and lower energy costs for
both solar and non-solar energy ratepayers.
The proposal, put forward by PUC Chairman Michael Peevey, clarifies
the methodology to . . . → Read More
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